For some, biology explains all there is to know about the mind. Yet many big questions remain: Is the mind shaped by genes or the environment? If mental traits are the result of adaptations built up over thousands of years, as evolutionary psychologists claim, how can such claims be tested? If the mind is a machine, as biologists argue, how does it allow for something as complex as human thought?

Animal Opposites is a bold, fun board book book introducing the concept of opposites with an eye-catching, animated style of illustration and amusing animal

Now in its 49th year, Best Canadian Stories has long championed the short story form and highlighted the work of many writers who have gone on to shape the Canadian literary canon. Margaret Atwood, Clark Blaise, Tamas Dobozy, Mavis Gallant, Douglas Glover, Norman Levine, Rohinton Mistry, Alice Munro, Leon Rooke, Diane Schoemperlen, Kathleen Winter, and many others have appeared in its pages over the

This classic edition of Mike Fleming\'s The Art of Drama Teaching provides a multitude of practical ideas for teachers of drama and for those who are interested in using drama to teach other subjects. It takes the form of detailed discussion of twenty-five drama techniques including but not limited to: beginnings and endings monologue and narration off-stage action and reported action mime irony

Can an undercover nerd become a superstar secret agent? The first book in Stuart Gibbs\'s New York Times bestselling Spy School series is now a graphic novel! Ben Ripley may only be in middle school, but he\'s already pegged his dream job: CIA or bust. Unfortunately for him, his personality doesn\'t exactly scream \"secret agent.\" In fact, Ben is so awkward, he can barely get to school and back without

Bookstore owner Arlo and her Friday Night Book Club sleuths are going to have to read between the lines to solve this mystery It\'s movie time in Sugar Springs and the whole town is pitching together to get the historical Coliseum Theater ready for the event of the year--the premiere of Missing Girl, local author Wally Harrison\'s bestselling novel turned film.Thrilled to bring tourists to Sugar Springs,

Nalvana feels like all of her friends have some type of superpower. She has friends with super speed (who always beat her in races), friends with super strength (who can dangle from the monkey bars for hours), and friends who are better than her at a million other things. Nalvana thinks she must be the only kid in town without a superpower. But then her mom shows Nalvana that she is unique and special,

Get your brain into gear and switch on to science These technical titles will get you buzzing as you find out what makes a bell ring, a circuit connect, and a motor move. We\'ve levered in loads of facts and figures to pull you into a whole world of amazing design technology. It\'s all around you from your doorbell to your dishwasher All these mechanical marvels and more are revealed in Making T

Any child who loves trucks and diggers will enjoy being transported through this amazing coloring book Jam-packed with exciting things to color from monster trucks and bulldozers to awesome diggers, forklifts, and lots more, it\'s guaranteed to put boredom in reverse and keep kids entertained for hours on

There is a growing recognition that baby-led weaning is the healthiest way for children to develop a love of good food; here, are 150 recipes for baby and the whole family, which are free from salt and refined sugar. Color

A gripping graphic novel adaptation of Lauren Tarshis\'s bestselling I Survived the Attacks of September 11, 2001, in time for the 20th anniversary of 9/11.The only thing Lucas loves more than football is his Uncle Benny, his dad\'s best friend at the fire department where they both work. Benny taught Lucas everything about football. So when Lucas\'s parents decide the sport is too dangerous and he

In private life, we try to induce or suppress love, envy, and anger through deep acting or emotion work, just as we manage our outer expressions of feeling through surface acting. In trying to bridge a gap between what we feel and what we ought to feel, we take guidance from feeling rules about what is owing to others in a given situation. Based on our private mutual understandings of feeling rules,

Adapted for the Paramount+ miniseries Bass Reeves, directed by Taylor Sheridan and starring David Oyelowo 2022 Oklahoma Book Award Finalist for Fiction 2021 National Indie Excellence Award Finalist Set in 1884, Hell on the Border tells the story of Deputy U.S. Marshal Bass Reeves at the peak of his historic career. Famous for being a crack shot as well as for his nonviolent tendencies, Reeves uses

If Jesus is the chief cornerstone of everything God is building in the world--what floor do you want to be on? In Welcome to the Basement, podcaster Tim Ross shows readers how they can achieve true greatness in the upside-down kingdom Jesus is building. When Jesus came to earth, his first-shall-be-last teachings turned the world upside-down. So it\'s no surprise that when some of the earliest Jesus-followers

This book is a significant contribution to the field of survey pottery studies, which is not frequently theorized, and could also serve as a guide and provide inspiration to archaeologists designing their own survey projects and methodologies.Landscape archaeology has heavily relied on pedestrian survey as a field method for more than half a century. In most field projects, archaeological ceramics

Think gunfighter, and Wyatt Earp or Billy the Kid may come to mind, but what of Jim Moon? Joel Fowler? Zack Light? A host of other figures helped forge the gunfighter persona, but their stories have been lost to time. In a sequel to his Deadly Dozen, celebrated western historian Robert K. DeArment now offers more biographical portraits of lesser-known gunfighters--men who perhaps weren\'t glorified

Though there was not even a word for, or a concept of, disability in Antiquity, a considerable part of the population experienced physical or mental conditions that put them at a disadvantage. Drawing on a wide variety of sources, from literary texts and legal sources to archaeological and iconographical evidence as well as comparative anthropology, this volume uniquely examines contexts and conditions

Visionary journalist Natalie Seachrist pursues intriguing cold case. Guided by expanding visions, and aided of her fleet-footed feline companion Miss Una and life partner detective Ke?oni Hewitt, Natalie explores the callous murder of a gentle Buddhist minister at her altar during the ingenious theft of an ancient Shakyamuni Buddha statue. As the investigative team dives into the complexities of international

An illuminating overview of the development, benefits, and importance of ritual in everyday life, written by a leading cognitive anthropologist. The Hidden Powers of Ritual is an engaging introduction to ritual studies that presents ritual as an evolved form of human behavior of almost unimaginable significance to our species. Every day across the globe, people gather to share meals, brew caffeinated